Water → 2,6-Bis(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-methyl-4-piperidone

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=[CH:5][C:4]=1[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:11](=[O:22])[CH:12]=[CH:13][C:14]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][CH:17]=[CH:16][C:15]=1[O:20][CH3:21].[CH3:23][NH2:24].O>CN(C)C=O>[CH3:21][O:20][C:15]1[CH:16]=[CH:17][CH:18]=[CH:19][C:14]=1[CH:13]1[CH2:12][C:11](=[O:22])[CH2:10][CH:9]([C:4]2[CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=[CH:8][C:3]=2[O:2][CH3:1])[N:24]1[CH3:23]

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Procedure

1,5-Bis(2-methoxyphenyl)-1,4-pentadien-3-one (20c, 0.26 g, 0.9 mmol) was dissolved in dimethyl formamide (5 ml). Methylamine (51, 0.40 ml, 4.6 mmol, 40% in water) was added and the mixture stirred for 24 hr at room temperature. The mixture was poured into water (50 ml) and stirred for 24 hr at room temperature. The resulting mixture was extracted into ethyl acetate, washed with saturated sodium chloride, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to afford a solid. The solid was recrystallized twice from ethanol to give 0.16 g (55%) of a white solid: mp 146-148° C.; 1H NMR δ 1.89 (s, 3H), 2.50 (d, 2H, J=13.7 Hz), 2.65 (t, 2H, J=11.9 Hz), 3.82 (s, 6H), 4.11 (d, 2H, J=11.5 Hz), 6.87 (d, 2H, J=8.3 Hz), 7.03 (t, 2H, J=7.2 Hz), 7.23 (t, 2H, J=5.8 Hz), 7.72 (d, 2H, J=7.6 Hz); 13C NMR: δ 40.3, 49.2, 55.4, 61.2, 110.7, 121.0, 127.6, 127.8, 131.5, 156.3, 208.1; Exact mass calcd for C20H23NO3: 325.1678, observed (M+H) 326.1754.